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Cleaveland, Arba

Territorial House 1856 (District 11)

Party when first elected:  Not Available

Counties Served:  Carver, Davis (defunct), Hennepin

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: ??/??/1820 (uncertain)
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Birth County:
Birth Country: United States
Date of Death:
Gender: Male
Religion:
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
Alternate Spelling of Last Name: Cleveland
City of Residence (when first elected): Chanhassen
Occupation (when first elected): Farmer

EDUCATION

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Territorial Government: Minnesota Territorial Agricultural Society (Vice-President from Carver County); 1856 to 18??

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Married
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

Toensing, the Minnesota Journal of the House, 1856; and The History of Minnesota: from the French Explorations to the Present Time, 1873 list his last name as Cleaveland. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1889, History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, 1881, and History of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, 1910 list Cleveland.

He was listed as being 36 years old in 1856. So he must have been born around 1820.

Total Days Served: 371

SESSIONS SERVED

7th Territorial Legislative Session (1856)

  Session Details
Body: Territorial House
District: 11
Elected: 10/9/1855
Residence: Chanhassen
Term of Office: 1/2/1856 to 1/6/1857
Counties Represented: Carver, Davis (defunct), Hennepin
Occupation: Farmer
Party: Not Available
Committees:
  • Territorial Expenditures
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